http://www.newsweek.com/drought-california-dry-reservoirs-helped-rainfall-1771246 > The deluge of rain currently hitting Central and Northern California may be helping to return the water levels of many crucial reservoirs to normal. > Drought parched much of the Western U.S. this past summer. In July, one-third of all land in California, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico was classified as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, according to data from the U.S. Drought Monitor.